{"product_id":"make-sure-you-die-screaming-by-zee-carlstrom","title":"Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlstrom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen their mother calls with news that their MAGA-pilled, conspiracy-theorist father has gone missing, the newly unemployed queer narrator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Sure You Die Screaming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does what anyone would do: steals their ex-boyfriend's BMW and races from Chicago to deep-red Arkansas on a mission to kidnap their estranged father and bring him home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, with a bottle of premixed margarita jiggling in the cupholder and the narrator's brand-new garbage goth bestie, Yivi, screaming through night terrors in the passenger seat, our hero hurtles toward a family reunion from hell. Along the way, they experiment with Yivi's mystery pills, elude a relentless stalker and outrun some cops who believe the narrator committed a tragic murder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn unflinching interrogation of class rage, economic (im)mobility, gender expression, the rot at the heart of capitalism and the political bloodbath dividing so many American families, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Sure You Die Screaming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is the loud, funny, suspenseful road trip novel of our times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Roars to life from page one and never lets up. It’s a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFear and Loathing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for the generation devastated by the generation that brought us \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFear and Loathing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTorrey Peters, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Carlstrom is a scary amazing writer. They took me on a joyride that had me holding on for dear life, utterly immersed in their exquisite prose and skewering humor. This iconic road trip novel is a balm for a bleak, uncertain world’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVanessa Walters, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lagos Wife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘I loved every loud, messy page. Carlstrom is the first writer to make me feel better about my own life choices’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSam Irby, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWow, No Thank You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Outrageous and funny and heartbreaking and redemptive, whether you’re grieving a person or a country, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMake Sure You Die Screaming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the novel for you’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHolly Wilson, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKittentits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Carlstrom has written a book that feels incredibly of the moment, twining together anger and glee, hope and despair, alienation and community’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLA Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Carlstrom’s unique voice is a breath of fresh air with just the right mix of humor and resigned cynicism with a dash of hope’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Carlstrom’s anarchic literary thriller may have one of the best titles of any book published this year… Carlstrom writes their characters with nuance and empathy’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 223 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57772414009725,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/die.jpg?v=1769784706","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/make-sure-you-die-screaming-by-zee-carlstrom","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}